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What You Need To Know Today: The Blame Game

Good morning! The vice presidential debate draws near, and so do concerns about Sarah Palin's ability to compete. Can a new series of Katie Couric interviews redeem her reputation? Also, the bailout vote failed, as you may have heard.

Sarah, John and Katie Having stumbled in last week's interviews with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin brought John McCain along as moral support for the final (?) round. Unfortunately, the kind of moral support he provided was answering some of her questions for her, which didn't help her look prepared or ready to be there without him.

Biden's Plans Given the potential downsides to attacking Sarah Palin, as many a man debating Hillary Clinton discovered before him, Biden plans to all but ignore any mistakes Palin makes on Thursday. He's going to focus instead on the mistakes her boss, John McCain keeps making, so he should be plenty busy.

Congressman Apologizes to Palin Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL) attempted to appeal to a group of Jewish voters by telling them that Sarah Palin doesn't care about Jews or blacks. After an uproar from more than just Republicans, he apologized and thereby managed to draw more attention to his comments than he'd initially dreamed.

McCain's Blame Game Many people are eager to lay the blame for the failure of the bailout at John McCain's doorstep since he was so willing to accept the credit, but he doesn't think this is a time for finger-pointing. Unless, of course, those fingers are pointed by his staff at Barack Obama, in which case, it's definitely time.

Do you think McCain shares in the blame for the bailout? Can you name another Supreme Court case? What do you think of Biden's strategy to win on Thursday?